
Discover in the city of Florence
a place made of stories
and shows
Discover in the city of Florence
a place made of stories
and shows
Cinema
Regia: Luciano Salce
Cast: Paolo Villaggio, Anna Mazzamauro, Gigi Reder, Giuseppe Anatrelli, Umberto D'Orsi
To celebrate the first, legendary chapter of the Ragioniere film saga, Giunti Odeon, in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna, brings the restoration of Fantozzi to the big screen, on the very day of the 50th anniversary of the film's release: Thursday 27 March 2025.
On 27 March 1975, exactly fifty years ago, one of the most formidable comic masks of the entire 20th century in Italy saw the light of day on the screen - after a successful passage in story form. Paolo Villaggio, its inventor and performer, had indeed been an employee, and the world he described knew him intimately. Based on the two novels that Paolo Villaggio published for Rizzoli in 1971 (Fantozzi) and 1974 (Il secondo tragico libro di Fantozzi), the film Fantozzi was directed by Luciano Salce. Like that of a mysterious hero, the cinematographic epiphany of Rag. Ugo Fantozzi takes place from behind: a back shot, a blow to the head, and the character already has his destiny sewn on. The face is, of course, that of its author, who had been polishing his features on television for some time, and then pulled from the pages of two best-sellers what we can now consider the most popular comic mask in Italy.
Thursday 27/03 - ore 10:00
François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard: two great masters of film history, undisputed protagonists of an unrepeatable season as the French Nouvelle vague. First friends, then rivals, very different from each other, but both bound by a visceral love for cinema: at Giunti Odeon a series of documentary films recounting their contrasting relationship.
...A new innovative library format, within the backdrop of rare beauty that has housed a stage since 1922, which has made the history of cinema in Florence. A century later, Giunti Odeon marks a new beginning to personally experience the future and history in a single cultural, leisure, and entertainment experience. Rediscover the pleasure of experiencing the library in the heart of the city.
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The restaurant
Il Caffè Odeon di Firenze nasce da un incontro e da un sogno. L’incontro è quello con la casa editrice Giunti e col progetto sulla nuova vita da dare allo storico cinema Odeon di Firenze, come centro culturale polifunzionale. Il sogno era quello di poter avere uno spazio, aperto tutto il giorno come i grandi caffè mitteleuropei, in cui proporre piatti provenienti da diverse tradizioni gastronomiche, insieme ad una pasticceria altrettanto ricca e ad una caffetteria di grande qualità, senza trascurare bevande analcoliche sofisticate, vini e cocktail.Assaporare un cibo, bere un caffè fumante o sorseggiare un buon vino sono cose che hanno molto in comune con il leggere un libro o guardare un film: si tratta sempre di usare i nostri sensi per vivere delle storie, che ci riguardino direttamente o ci portino in altri mondi, ed è proprio questo che ha fatto sì che l’incontro permettesse al nostro sogno di avverarsi.
Odeon, the history of cinema in Florence
All the most beautiful films, the most illustrious guests, and the most important events have had the grand hall of the historic center as their stage. Discover its history.
A century of cinema and culture
From 1922 to the present, the history of Florence's Odeon cinema in a book full of pictures, documents, stories and curiosities.
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